French telecommunications giant Orange plans to launch its own-branded retail stores in South Africa before the end of the year and intends launching an Internet service provider business here, too. Until now, Orange has had a retail presence through Nashua Mobile outlets, but the future of this partnership was thrown into doubt earlier this year when
Author: Regardt van der Berg
In the past few months, South Africans have been introduced to a range of new mobile payment systems that turn ordinary smartphones into digital wallets, allowing people to pay for goods and services without cash or cards
More than 380 Sentech workers around the country are engaged in strike action after the parastatal locked out staff on Saturday who gave notice of their intention to strike. The strike, which includes technicians, could potentially disrupt terrestrial television broadcasting in South Africa, which is largely done through
Nokia’s newest budget smartphone, the Lumia 630, is impressive, particularly for the price. This entry-level Windows Phone-powered smartphone, which costs just R2 000, is aimed at budget-conscious buyers or those getting a smartphone for the first time. Featuring an array of bright, replaceable back covers, the Lumia 630, when left
Communications regulator Icasa looks set to lose four of its councillors in the next few months. William Currie and Joseph Lebooa are set to leave when their contracts come to an end on the 30 September, while William Stucke
HTC has had a turbulent time in South Africa in recent years. It’s invested heavily in the country, only to pull out again. Now, it’s assured customers, it’s again dedicated to the local market. The first product it’s bringing to consumers is the newly launched HTC One M8, the successor to last year’s much-lauded One M7. But HTC’s latest
The Gauteng provincial government has revealed more details about its plans to wire up the province to broadband. It is starting the project by connecting its core sites to a 1 600km fibre network. The province has also announced plans
Vodacom has shown good growth in the user base of its South African operation, and turned in a healthy service revenue increase in its international services for the quarter to June 2014. Group revenue for the quarter
Microsoft, fresh from concluding its acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, has announced it will discontinue the handset maker’s Asha and S40 feature phones, as well as, perhaps less surprisingly, the Nokia X Android phones, over the next 18 months. Feature phones and particularly the Nokia
Beats headphones are often shunned by audiophiles, who claim that the bass-heavy audio does not accurately reproduce sound. This is criticism we hear regularly from readers and tech-savvy users. The thicker sound, which is the signature of all Beats headphones, works well for some music genres